Belden 1800F Balanced cables (1 Viewer)

[chaostoday]

I'm going to make some balanced cables for my EMO amp to preamp with some Belden 1800F I have. I purchased some Neutrik XX series XLR's that I have used in the past with other balanced cable. I noticed that the belden has Positive, negative and ground along with the braid. Not used to this.
Do I combine the braid and the ground wire on pin 1? Normally on my other cables I run the braid to pin 1 and the other two wires to pin 2 and 3.
Any thoughts?

 

[Wayne A. Pflughaupt]

Doesn’t really matter which way you do it, but if the drain wire is there, no reason not to just tie it in. Those are typical with installation-grade, foil-shield wire – first I’ve ever seen it with a regular shielded cable.

Regards,
Wayne A. Pflughaupt